FOR IMEDIATE RELEASE:
Happy and Prohelvetia - the Swiss Arts Council - present:
Jason Kahn live at Happy Sunday 23 Sept. 8pm with Anthony Milton. and Jeff Henderson. - door sales only
Jason Kahn is a sound and visual artist based in Zürich. His work includes drawing, sound installation, performance
and composition. He was born in New York, grew up in Los Angeles and relocated to Europe in 1990.
Kahn has been exhibiting his sound and visual works since the late 1990's, and has had solo and group exhibitions
internationally, including museums, galleries and arts spaces in the USA, Canada, France, Croatia, Germany, Argentina,
Egypt, Poland, Switzerland, Denmark, Austria and Spain.
Kahn has performed both solo and in collaboration with numerous other musicians worldwide, including Tetuzi Akiyama, Kim
Cascone, Dieb13, Arnold Dreyblatt, Kevin Drumm, Erik M, John Hudak, Brandon Labelle, Jason Lescalleet, Christian
Marclay, Norbert Möslang, David Moss, Günter Müller, Jon Mueller, Toshimaru Nakamura, Sachiko M, Sainkho Namtchylak,
Evan Parker, Steve Roden, Taku Sugimoto and Otomo Yoshihide and many others.
Originally a percussionist, Kahn later began integrating live electronics into his playing. He currently performs with
different combinations of percussion, analogue synthesizer or computer.
As a composer, Kahn's work draws on electronic and acoustic sound sources to create slowly developing compositions
imbued with a sense of timelessness. His work addresses the entity of sound as both a physical and psychological factor
shaping our consciousness.
Kahn's sound installations seek to enhance spatial awareness through sonic intervention, focusing on expanding our
perception to other dimensions of seeing, hearing and feeling a space.
Kahn's sound work has been published on Cut, the CD label he founded in 1997, as well as Sirr, For4Ears, Brombron,
Rossbin, Antifrost, Domizil, ATAK, Table of the Elements, Creative Source, Formed, Longbox Recordings, Crouton and
numerous others.
Kahn has given concerts at various festivals, art spaces and clubs throughout Europe, North and South America, Japan,
Korea, Israel, Turkey, Russia, Lebanon, Egypt and Australia.
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